Metal Salvage
HarvestMaterialOverview
Debris from a human habitat or vehicle. Easily converted into raw materials in a fabricator. Used as a crafting ingredient in Salvaged Titanium, requiring 1 per craft at the Fabricator. This makes Metal Salvage an upstream ingredient in the material processing chain, where raw and intermediate resources are refined into components for advanced technology. The material tier is where Subnautica 2's crafting becomes strategic rather than opportunistic. Metal Salvage cannot be stumbled upon during exploration — it must be deliberately produced from prerequisites, making inventory planning and base organization directly impact your progression speed.
Used in Crafting (1)
How to Obtain
Tips & Strategy
Needed for Salvaged Titanium (1x per craft) — collect at least 2 to allow crafting with a safety margin.
Keep Metal Salvage organized in labeled storage near your primary crafting station — maintaining an ordered inventory prevents wasted time searching for materials during urgent crafts.
All recipes using Metal Salvage are crafted at the Fabricator — store your supply near this station for maximum efficiency.
Explore different biomes systematically to discover all Metal Salvage sources — harvested organic resources often appear near specific flora or fauna, and identifying these associations makes future gathering predictable.
Consider the full material chain before gathering Metal Salvage — some prerequisite resources are harder to find than others, and identifying the bottleneck ingredient first prevents wasted effort on materials you cannot yet process.
